http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:JosephCollins&section=today deviantART RSS for by:JosephCollins en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:14:39 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/28588016/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/28588016/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:56:18 PST A wise man, a comedian, once reminisced on his own childhood. He was wise because by the end of his reminiscing, he came to a very somber conclusion: As time marches on, we may never laugh as hard as we did as children.

Something to think about...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/27296145/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/27296145/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:01:26 PDT
Hackin' Baird Blythe here. Be ye aware it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day t'day?! 'tis th' one day'a th' year where ye can be a pantywaist an' talk like a pirate widdout ridicule! Find yer grog, capture yerself a whench, an' be a part'a th' festivities t'day, me hearties! Landlubbers need not apply!

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/27058106/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/27058106/ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:29:36 PDT chibi-jen-hen had a quiz and made her character Jade do it. Jade tagged "you, you, and you". I'm a you! So...without further ado, I'll let Kris speak for herself. After the rules, of course.
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The Rules:
1. You must choose only ONE of your OCs. Do it again if you wanna use another OC.
2. Your OC must answer every question as truthfully as possible.
3. Title the journal as "OCs Quiz (your OCs name. Example: Kaiser's Quiz)".
4. When you're done, tag as many people as you want.
5. Have fun!!!
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Greetings. I am glad you would have me for this quiz and hope my answers provide you with both insight into myself as well as entertainment.

1. Hi! What's your real name and nickname?
My name is Kristian Renee Sanders. I have been labeled "Kris" by some.

2. Interesting... what's your current age?
My current age is 26 years of age.

3. Uh huh. What's your favourite food?
A favorite food? That is a bit hard to determine... But perhaps chocolate cake. While not strictly a food you eat to sedate hunger, it is still considered a food by most people.

4. And your favourite drink?
I am not sure I understand the question. My favorite alcoholic drink should contain mint, but my favorite "soft" drink should be dark and fizzy with a number of little bubbles within. *the vixen smirks* It goes without saying that it should be delicious as well.

5. Confession time! Who's your crush/lover?
Is this a question of two parts? If not, my lover would be the olive-gold fox you may know as Joseph. Have I a crush? That would be my business alone, would it not? *she confidently grins*

6. Aww! Have you two kissed yet?
Perhaps. I would like to mention I find this question mildly invasive, but clearly not invasive enough to avoid answering.

7. Classic question! What's your favourite colour?
One of my favorite colors happens to be blue.

8. Who's your favourite author?
My favorite author is Serenade R. Istre. She has written a number of novels on varying topics, though most deal in everyday life and romance. I enjoy her work as it tends to speak to me more than the works of others.

9. Now what's your biggest fear?
As strange as it may sound, there is little I fear.

10. *stifles a giggle* I'm not laughing *bursts out laughing*
*one of her eyebrows raise*

11. Awesome. Who's your hero?
"Hero"? What defines a "hero" in this question? I am not a fan of comic books, thus have no favorite superhero. There have only been two persons to leave such a significant impact on my life as to distinguish them as a "hero" in my eyes otherwise, that being my parents. They are heroes in that they were able to raise not only me, but my younger brother and younger sister as well, into the mature adults which we are today. I do realize this sounds a bit on the "corny" side, but this is indeed how I feel.

12. Ok, who is your worst enemy?
I tend not to hold grudges or house negative feelings toward people if it can be avoided.

13. What would you do if your hero and your worst enemy got together?
I take it you were not listening.

14. Interesting... what would you do if you met your creator?
Perhaps I would ask them why certain things are as they are. There are but a few things in this life which I would change if possible, but none which I can change in good conscience.

15. Okay, I'll contact them right now. Done! Now, what do you want to be when you grow up?
*the woman blinks at the statement* What? Um... *she then ponders the question* Rather, what did I aspire to be when I was a child? I believe I wanted to be a teacher from the age of 12 onward. Incidentally, I am well on my way to achieving that goal. *she dreamily gazes off into nowhere* "Ms. Sanders, elementary school teacher"... Such a close dream, yet still so far away...

16. What's your worst nightmare?
My worst nightmare? I believe it may have been waking up unto the end of existence, knowing all I love is dead whereas I am not. Irrational, I realize, but dreams are often nonsense.

17. What's your lifelong dream?
While technically not a lifelong dream, the aforementioned dream of teaching an elementary school class or two has been a dream of mine for some time. I also wish to start a family with the one I love...though again, this has not always been the case. Is there really such a thing as a "lifelong dream"?

18. What would you do if your lifelong dream came true?
Perhaps I would contently live with my family and friends -- not literally in the case of friends, o... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/27052442/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/27052442/ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:01:58 PDT
Now, the bad news here is...I somehow misplaced all my Memory Stick's data in the process. This isn't as awful as it sounds as I actually do have a backup of all (or at least most) of my save game data somewhere. I think the only thing I might have lost was a custom Mega Man Powered Up stage I was working on... Unfortunately, it was a really kick ass stage. I can remake it, but dammit... T_T; Ah well. At least all my savegame data is still intact on my hard drive. ...except...my Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles save data. Aw, man! Dammit!

Well... At least it's up and running again. The battery is having spaztic issues, but it was like that before the incident. I keep it plugged in to the wall and my computer most of the time anyway.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26935187/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26935187/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:02:59 PDT
Okay, so... August 11th, I mentioned I "broke" my PSP. Since the guy who was going to fix my PSP never got back to me, I cancelled his services and on the 17th, ordered a Pandora Battery (PSP servicing tool) from a site called PandoraBatteryBuys.com. They claim that they ship out the orders 1-3 days after recieving them and ship them via USPS. They also claim that orders could take a week to arrive, or in extreme cases, two weeks.

Two weeks later, I have no Pandora Battery.

I decided to look into the matter a little more and as it turns out, PandoraBatteryBuys.com is actually a drop shipper for DealExtreme.com... What this means is that while PandoraBatteryBuys.com will get you what you order, it's going to take a month or so for you to get it, and it won't be from them.

So...yeah. As far as I can tell, I didn't get screwed, but I did get jerked around. Hilarious. It's actually a lot cheaper from DealExtreme.com, too... Figures. Well...at least I'll (hopefully) be getting my battery one way or another. We'll see in another couple weeks, I guess.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26803328/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26803328/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:35:31 PDT me today?  I'll tell you what's up!  I just got a call from one Dan Froelich regarding a nice e-mail I sent him recently.  Not only did he appreciate the e-mail (in which I complimented his work on games like "Jill of the Jungle", "KiloBlaster", and "Xargon"), but he said between the arrangements of the music I did and remix of "Funky" Nick Stubblefield (another fan and music maker) sent him, he's been inspired to look into his old music and even posted up one of the mellow pieces from Jill of the Jungle ("Dan") and "recast" it with modern synths and whatnot!  Oh, and he also loved what I did with the tune from Xargon, Volume 1.  This way pleases me!  One of my favorite musicians, still doing stuff, liked my work!

Aaaaah...today's a good day...  And last week was apparently "Dan Froelich Week", since my e-mail and Nick's e-mail both reached him last week.  Heh heh heh heh...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26768002/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26768002/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:03:49 PDT Edit: New monolog at the bottom of the entry. Sorry to bump this, folks, but this is a good thought I just had, thanks to a nudge from ~dmscv.

Okay, so... I took a day to try and process the new expansion pack or just otherwise get over my feeling of utter betrayal and the sort. Here's what happened.

Basically, when I read that there would be new class/race combinations -- some of which didn't make a whole lot of sense to me -- I was surprised and a little irritated. I think the thing that caught me the most off-guard was "tauren paladins" -- aka "holy cows". I STILL can't quite grasp that from a lore...or even a GAMEPLAY standpoint! My best guess would be some taurens broke off from the traditional ways and camped out in Silvermoon City (much like the nice druid lady over there or the shaman lady in Stormwind City). So...ultimately, that's fine.

Then I watched the trailer.

My jaw dropped. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but only in Ragnarok Online and Final Fantasy VI have I ever seen such a gutsy move. Had I not be in complete and utter mindshock yesterday, I probably would have been proud of Blizzard. But the truth of the matter is, now that it's really had a chance to sink in...I'm not sure I like the direction this is going...
You see, I'm one of those people who, much like the dwarven Explorer's League, likes to dig up the past. I've looked high and low on the Internet for information about past patches, the BETA versions, and even fondly remember past events like Patch 1.11's "Rise of the Necropolis" event and Patch 2.0's random "spawn demons in Azeorth just for kicks" event. One might figure I'm like this because most of my characters are well below Level 30 and I've never tasted any REAL "end game content", but it's not like I'm imcapable of levelling up my main (level 69 dwarven hunter) to the given level cap BEFORE the cap is raised. I simply choose not to because I get so burnt out with all the questing shenanigans. And beside that, most of the time, I choose "fashion over functionality" anyway! (Which means I generally get things I like as opposed to think that would be the most useful to me. Case in point, I had a Level 60-some scythe up until very recently because I think it looked awesome.) But I digress

I guess the truth of the matter is, I wanted Blizzard to add more old-world content, which they did, but I didn't want them to remove other old-world content in the process! Going back to my "most of my characters are under Level 30" statement, I've been told time and time again that World of Warcraft is "an on-going process" and that if I keep doing what I'm doing, I'll probably end up being "left behind" and the sort. This was fine and dandy when it was just end game content they were adding...but now that they're sundering the entire world of Azeorth ("for the lore"...for "for the lulz"? You decide!)... Well...there's really not much I can do about that. What existing roleplay characters I have will just have to survive the sundering. It CAN be a "learning experience" or a "time of growth" for them, but only if it's brought on little by little instead of all at once. I can only assume Blizzard realizes this and they plan to have something like a week-long or month-long event where the world gets progressively more "ghetto", but still... Knowing what I know now... How can I put any value in the current World of Warcraft when I know that in less than a year, all that hard work will be absolutely for naught? Even if there's achievements like "Last Year's Loremaster of Kalimdor" or "Pre-Sundering Explorer", there's still going to be all those new quests and new zones existing characters will never get the chance to play around in, unlike current-day where you can be a Level 80 Death Knight and still go grind reputation with Ironforge despite never setting foot in Dun Morogh prior.

I don't know what to do or how to look at it...but any way you slice it, this is no longer going to be "World of Warcraft". It truly is going to be "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm"...and nothing less. And there's nothing that anyone can do about it.

Edit: Now, there's another topic I neglected to address in my original post. Instanced, phased starter zones. What the cha, Blizzard? From the BETA to current-day, any race could wander anywhere they wanted and start their questing career at any given location. Particularly since Wrath of the Lich King, I've seen things like kaldorei druids in Dun Morogh, human rogues in Azuremyst (I actually played this one myself), tauren druids in Tirisfal Glades, orcish warriors in the Eversong Woods (again, hello!), and so-forth. Howe... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26522994/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26522994/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:03:24 PDT
Okay, now that that's out of my system... I broke my PSP! I was trying to update the custom firmware of my PSP-1001 from 5.00 M33-6 to 5.50 GEN-A and around 42% or so (...42%? That HAS to be a coinsidence...), the thing just...died! Augh!

Sssssooooo...I'm waiting on this guy from a link I found on Google to get back to me about unbricking my PSP... I'd prefer to do it myself, but I'd rather spend $40.00 total ($20.00 labor fee, $20.00 insurance there and back) than something absolutely ridiculous if I can. Needless to say, the prices for a Pandora Battery and memory stick already loaded with the appropriate software is a bit steep...

That's all for now.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26169600/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26169600/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:44:43 PDT
Blog Video #05: Something That Needs Saying...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26117063/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26117063/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:37:07 PDT - 6:00 AM EDT: Got up. Did some stuff.
- 10:00 AM: Went back to bed.
- 6:00 PM: Got up. Ate something.
- 8:30 PM: Went back to bed.
- 9:30 PM: Cried myself to sleep over something stupid.
- 11:30 PM: Got up.

I have such healthy sleeping habits. Oddly enough, I think I might actually feel a little better now. Though that might just be post-sleep euphoria hanging around...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26101666/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/26101666/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:37:34 PDT VG Music. You'd think someone like Teck would know who I am. Even watching one of my favorite The Venture Brothers episodes this morning did nothing. There's a good chance I might just go back to bed and pretend today never happened...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25962813/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25962813/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:50:40 PDT YouTube video maker...guy. What does this have to do with my account getting cracked? Well...

Take On This Vlog! 05 - WoW Account Compromised

And there you have it. For those of you who don't want to watch the video, the details are as follows:
2:46 AM EDT today (Wednesday, July 15th), my account was was linked to a some random Battle.NET account. I did not do this nor do I know the person who did. I've e-mailed Blizzard in hopes of recovering my account before any serious damage is done. Honestly? I don't have high hopes of this happening. I expect Blizzard to tell me I'm full of crap or if I DO get my account back, they'll tell me they can't do anything to help recover my missing inventory and/or characters (assuming the cracker(s) do, in fact, destroy inventory or characters). As I state in the video, I tend to wonder why my account -- one whose highest level character is a mediocre, 68 hunter -- was targeted like this. *sigh*

I've been told it's possible something I installed has a keylogger in it. I've also been told it may have been a pure brute-force random pick. I don't know what to think right now... This blows... I want my account back! Blizzard needs to get in contact with me!

Edit:
Take On This Vlog! #05 Addendum - "Redemption"

Okay. I got it all sorted out now. The Blizzard account person I talked to was VERY helpful, in fact! It was quick, it was painless... It was a bit like a needle. A needle with odd side-effects. XD If you don't wanna watch the video, I'll summarize:
I logged in after getting my account back to find my Level 68 hunter suspended in mid-air high...REALLY high...over Hellfire Peninsula. I have no idea how he got up there or why, but I suspect hacks. ...or a flying mount with a passenger seat. Now, I don't HAVE a flying mount so I ended up splattering all over the plains. Right on top of a fel iron ore vein. Ouch? Anyway, the cracker exchanged my two years worth of leatherworkng for 12 hours of heavy mining. Jerk. Though it WAS kind of interesting how he got rid of everything in my bags...EXCEPT...my . That's one for the "Wut." file for ya...

So...yeah. Account's back in order, a ticket's been submitted, and everything (so far) is all hunky-dorie. And yes, I've changed my password, linked my WoW account to my Battle.NET account (which I made last night), and am seriously considering getting an Authenticator so this has a 99.9% chance of NEVER HAPPENING EVER AGAIN. Thank you guys for your kind words and advice. I think everything's gonna be just fine now...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25766463/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25766463/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:32:52 PDT Hercule Mr. Satan, and train for the World Martial Arts Tournament. No, but seriously, I might be investing in a crap-ton of weighted clothes, but to do so I think I may have to get a job. Weighted clothes are not cheap. Anyway, my logic in wanting to start wearing weighted clothing is because quite frankly, I'm too lazy to actually get into some kind of workout regiment. The way I figure it, if I start wearing weighted clothes in my normal everyday life (yes, that includes going places and doing things), eventually I'll get used to the heavier weight. If I keep INCREASING the weight, I'll get used to that. Eventually, I'll be used to carrying around these semi-heavy things. Maybe I'll lose a little weight...be a bit stronger just from hefting my heavy load around and whatnot. Maybe not. I should look into it, really. It's gonna be Hell to start, but I think the end results would be pretty darn good, even if I only did it for a month or so.

Note: I have no idea if Mr. Satan ever wore weighted clothes. Probably not. But he's still my hero.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25530486/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25530486/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:14:44 PDT Scribblenauts Nintendo DS Walkthrough - E3 Demo

This is perhaps the coolest thing to come out on the Nintendo DS ever. He typed in Cthulhu and out popped god damned Cthulhu. O_O It makes me wonder what OTHER kinds of crazy crap is in the game! "Boombox"? "Alien"? "Banshee"? "Atomic Bomb"? XD

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25412858/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25412858/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:24:07 PDT **WARNING: This entry contains the F-word. And I don't mean "freedom".**

Hey! You! You reading this!

Stop saying "I want some fucking fried chicken" on your blogs, websites, FaceBooks, and all that sort of thing! At one point, there was only two Google search hits for that phrase. Now? There's thirteen! So STOP IT! D:<

On another note, I can't change my Journal mood setting right now...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25360854/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25360854/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:15:52 PDT
Okay. See this piece of art? Cygnus, AKA =sephys-little-cloud drew this. Cygnus also draw other things in a number of other styles! Bearing that in mind, they do commission work! So...go commission 'em! Like...right now! If they put this much work into a unrequested GIFT image, imagine what sort of awesomeness you could get if you PAID for a piece! X3

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25219515/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/25219515/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:18:02 PDT ***WARNING***
The following entry contains a number of swear words and hostile language. You have been warned.
***WARNING***

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BLACKJACK:
ONE - Spell your name without vowels: "Jsph".
TWO - Are you single?: Yes.
THREE - Whats your favorite number?: 2,048.
FOUR - What color do you wear most?: Probably black or dark grey.
FIVE - Least favorite color?: I can't really think of one.
SIX - Favorite candy?: Pop Rocks.
SEVEN - What do you smoke?: Nothing, at the moment. I was thinking about a pipe, though.
EIGHT - Are you happy with your life right now?: Fuck no. Not today. Ask me again tomorrow...
NINE - Anyone ever said you resemble a celebrity?: Not to my knowledge.
TEN - What is your favorite class in school?: Uh... Math? I used to be good at Math. Now I'm good at English. Go figure.
ELEVEN - Do you shop at hollister/DC/Bluenotes?: ...what?
THIRTEEN - Who is your best friend?: Auto from the Rockman Robot Centre, probably.
FOURTEEN - Where do you go to school?: The LAST bit of public schooling I had was at Antelope Union High School in Wellton, Arizona. THAT went well...
FIFTEEN - Are you outgoing?: Usually.
SIXTEEN - One word to describe you?: Angry...
SEVENTEEN - Favorite pair of shoes?: The sole pair of shoes I have. Or possibly the snowboots I got last Winter.
EIGHTEEN - Do you own big sunglasses?: Not presently. I used to, though.
NINETEEN - Where do you wish you were right now?: Anywhere else...
TWENTY - What should you be doing right now?: Playing World of Warcraft or Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory so I can stop thinking...
TWENTY ONE - Do you have a crush on anyone right now?: ...yeah.

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HONEST SECTION:
Honestly, what's on your mind right now?: "Ffffffffff..."
Honestly, what are you doing right now?: Sitting on my ass and growing angrier with every question.
Honestly, have you done something bad today?: Yes. I overslept and missed my chance to go into town with other people.
Honestly, do you watch Disney Channel?: Yes.
Honestly, who is the last person you talked to on the phone?: My sister Tracy, I think.
Honestly, are you jealous of someone right now?: ...yes. A few.
Honestly, what makes you mad most of the time?: Inane quizzes. Also, myself. Also, other people. Also, being unable to do something I want to do.
Honestly, do you bite your nails?: Yes.
Honestly, do you want to see someone this very moment?: Yes.
Honestly, are you keeping a big secret right now?: It's probably common knowledge by now (not by my hand), but yes.
Honestly, do you have a friend you don't actually like?: Maybe...

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THE CANS:
Can you blow a bubble?: Yeah.
Can you dance?: Probably not.
Can you do a cart wheel?: Fuck no.
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: No. Why would I want to besides?
Can you whistle?: Yes.
Can you wiggle your ears?: No.
Can you wiggle your nose?: Maybe.
Can you roll your tongue?: No.
Can you make a clover with your tongue?: Fucking what?

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ANGER SECTION:
What do you do when you're mad?: Fume. Do something else. Ignore people. Sometimes seek comfort in people.
What's the worst thing you've done when you were mad?: Took a swing at someone. And connected.
Ever made anyone cry when you were mad?: Possibly.

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CRYING SECTION:
Ever really cried your heart out?: Yes.
Ever cried yourself to sleep?: Sometimes.
Ever cried on your friend's shoulder?: I don't have any friends.
Ever cried over the opposite sex?: Yes.
Ever cried over the same sex?: Yes, but not in the way you might think.
Do you cry when you get an injury?: Depends on the severity.
Do certain songs make you cry?: No.
Do certain movies make you cry?: Yeah.

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HAPPY SECTION:
Are you usually a happy person?: No.
What makes you the happiest?: ...at this point, video games. I guess.
Does being with your friends make you happy?: Usually... If I had any.
Do you believe in yourself?: No.
Do you wish you were happier?: Yes.
Is being happy overrated?: ...maybe. I know for a fact that LOVE is.
Can music make you happy?: Yeah.

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LOVE SECTION:
How many times have you had your he... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/24412703/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/24412703/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:06:19 PDT chibi-jen-hen. (NOTE: This meme wasn't stolen from her journal HERE, but from somewhere else.)
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1 – Do you and your "fursona" look alike?
Not really. My fursona is much more sexy than I am. Also, he's a fox. I'm not a fox. I'd LIKE to be an anthpomorphic, humanoid fox, but I'm not PRESENTLY one.

2 – Do you and your "fursona" share attires?
More or less. We both like to wear random t-shirts and some kind of jeans.

3 – Do you share the same sexuality as your fursona?
I'm not sure how to answer this question. The "storyline" version of Joseph is completely straight whereas the "fursona" version is pretty much me, but furrier. Thus, "Fursona Joseph" is also bisexual with a preference towards the lady-types. So...yes?

4 – If you hadn’t already made your fursona look like you, if you would to change how he/she looked like to make him/her look more like you, how would you think he/she would look like?
Probably something like this; fatter, with shorter hair. And wear less "jeans" and more "sweatpants".

5 – Did you work hard to develop your fursona? What is the (brief) history of your fursona?
Well, my FIRST "fursona" was this guy (or more specifically, this abomination). As you can see, he's a black wolf guy. Now, after a while, I migrated into a fox fursona. He was originally a fox-cat ("kitsune cat" or "kit-cat" ROFLMAO I'M SO CLEVER), but I was later convinced by Daniella that it was boring and overdone. She suggested a hyena splice. And so a hyena-fox he became. Oddly enough, the strange fur palette I gave him was more a "happy accident" than anything as it came about from a random messing-with of palettes for my at-the-time comic. (It was for a sight gag/story element.) The olive-gold hue stuck and he's been a hyena-fox ever since. Though, I did alter his "storyline" self to account for this change. More on that in a more appropriate entry later, perhaps.

6 – Do you and your fursona share relationship status?
Again, this is one of those funny questions I can't really give a simple answer for. "Storyline Joseph" is in an open relationship (sorta kinda) whereas "Fursona Joseph" is not seeing anyone at all despite my best efforts because I am not seeing anyone at all despite my best efforts. ~_~ I'm lonely.

7 – Do you find yourself jealous or upset if you get paired with someone you don’t like or your partner does?
I don't HAVE a partner, you insensitive-- oh. Dandy. I'm yelling at text now. *ahem* Anyway, there's very few people I really don't like, so getting upset probably wouldn't happen. I'm an extremely jealous type, though...so if I saw "fursona me" paired with someone I know I couldn't be with, I'd probably be very jealous and possibly upset. Boy, this quiz just took a depressing turn...

8 – How would you like your character not to be used?
Oooooh...I dunno... I suppose I'd like him not to be used for commercial applications. I don't mind if people draw "fan art" of him, be it for me or for someone else. I DO like to keep in-the-know as to where my fursona is being used, though. I do love fan art, and to the blunt, I'd very much enjoy "adult art" of him... It's rare anyone wants to draw him with anyone else like that, though. Unless paid. Greedy people...

9 – What’s your fursona’s specialty?
He doesn't really have one, storyline or fursona. Though I guess you could say "sleeping around"... Not exactly anything useful, though.

10 – At a score of 1-10 how much are you and your fursona alike?
Storyline Me: Probably a 5. Or less. Fursona Me: Maybe a 7. The differences between ME-me and "fursona me" are negligible, visual appearence aside.
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AND THAT'S THE END OF MY SHOW! BUM!

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/24107463/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/24107463/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:37:47 PDT The Great Giana Sisters. Giana and Maria starred in this game and it was a very nifty computer game where you ran around bashing bricks and collecting power-ups while jumping on random baddies. Sound familiar? It should. Nintendo had no intention of porting Super Mario Bros. to the computer systems back when it first came out, so a friendly gaming company by the name of "Time Warp Productions" took it upon themselves to find a solution. And that solution was, in fact, The Great Giana Sisters. Nintendo quickly got wind of the situation and the game was pulled almost immediately. Even now, it's a coveted item...

Fast forward a couple of decades to the present. A new game seems to have come out for the Nintendo DS. Its name? Giana Sisters DS Yep, that's right. Replicated and refined for today's audience of yesteryear, the Great Giana Sisters have returned in an all new form for your Nintendo DS gaming system. This game...is...AWESOME. It looks and feels like the game I never got to play (and even SOUNDS like it, but BETTER!), but it's definately not the same ol' same ol'... How freaking awesome is that? I am totally geeking out here! And what makes everything all the MORE sweet here is that...and I can't imagine it would happen any other way...the Giana Sisters? Yes, well, they ended up ON A NINTENDO GAMING DEVICE! We have come full-circle, ladies and gentlemen, to be sure. XD

Anyway, that's enough out of me. I'll probably read this entry later and just go "...that entry is horrible. It's like English wasn't my first language..."

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23586426/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23586426/ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:13:54 PDT Now I don't have to worry about it anymore. Still, if there was something you were desperately hoping I'd critique, tell me, and I'll look into it again. x:

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23497538/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23497538/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:00:07 PST Current Pokémon Team
Level 15 ♀ Charmander, "Mabui" (it means "Pretty" in Japanese)
Level 14 ♀ Rattata, "Dendom" (combination of "den" and "kingdom")
Level 15 ♀ Pikachu, "Burbitt" ('cause she looks like a "bird-rabbit", according to my mom, and it's a cute name anyway)
Level 14 ♀ Beedrill, "Xiang" (nothing particularly special about this Chinese name)
Level 14 ♀ Mankey, "Loraene" (I...think I was aiming for "Loraine" or something? It will be changed when I hit Lavendar Town.)
Level 15 ♀ Jigglypuff, "Malla" (Like "marshmellow" or "Mallow", but feminine like a Spanish or Italian name)

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So...hey! It's been all of two days and a lot has happened in my Pokémon LeafGreen Version that time! I figured I'd better report in, just in case anyone actually...ya know...CARES.

- I beat Brock at the Pewter City Gym! Somehow! I dunno. Burbitt Tail Whipped his Onix into submission and Mabui melted him into molten slag made him pass out from being overheated. x:
- I've added a number of entries to my PokéDex. Yay! I generally work on a "catch-and-release" formula wherein I catch a Pokémon...then release it as my next best convenience. Thus, I only keep (and name) the ones I want as well as keep my Bill's "Someone's" PC Boxes clean.
- Mt. Moon kicked my ass. But hey! Helix Fossil! Too bad Cinnibar Island is such a long ways away... I'm looking forward to getting my Kabuto prehistoric Pokémon... X3
- Also, I should really get around to levelling my ¥500 (no, really! In the Japanese games, the currency IS ¥, or "yen"!) Magikarp one of these days... Only 10 levels 'til it learns Tackle! ...and 25 'til it learns "Flail"! XD
- Um... I've been levelling?

Okay...I guess that's it. So not as much happened as I thought. D: Also, I wish I'd thought to make a Save State before I fought Brock so I could YouTube it later. (I'm playing the game on my PSP via gpSP.*) Darn. Well, I'll get Misty and the other gym leaders Save Stated!

Well...uh... Guess that's it!

Oh, and... LOPUNNY HAS MADE YOU FURRY!!! MWAHAHAHAHAH...hah...hm. o_o

* = AND NO, I'M NOT CHEATING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. ...aside from saving the game and B-A-Select-Start-Resetting to shift certain things more in my favor, I mean. *coughPokémonharemcough* Nothing I couldn't do on real hardware. D:

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23442849/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23442849/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:17:33 PST
I want to start playing Pokémon LeafGreen Version, but uh... Well... ...I can't think of a good name for my rival. See...I kind of don't HAVE any rivals or even anyone I particularly dislike or feel competitive with. o_o And I can't start the game until I have a name for my rival trainer and I don't want to use the default names for a chance, so I won't be playing that until I can figure out what the heck to name my rival... >_<; I can't even think of anyone from my Ragnarok universe that might fit the bill... Ugh. Annoying! D:

Shame you can't make Oak's grandson a grandDAUGHTER... I can think of exactly who I'd put there if that were the case...

Edit: Problem solved! I decided to just forget the whole "me and MY rival" thing and, with my Mom's help, have two completely different names for the characters!

Red -> Brody
Blue -> Kyle

Blue is STILL an asshole no matter what you call him, by the way.

Anyway, thanks for your help, folks! And thanks for reading! Now, I'm gonna go play and catch lots of female Pokémon for my PokéHarem. After Man v. Food, I mean. (No, seriously. It seems like I've been catching NOTHING but female Pokémon for some reason. XD Even my starter Charmander is female!)

Current Team: Charmander, Rattata, Pikachu, Weedle

I should really buy a copy of this for my Nintendo DS... Perferably before I get TOO far in the game. XD Ah well... It's good on my PSP for now. :3

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23408831/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23408831/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:37:44 PST
One...deserves far more than a simple "I'm sorry" for the things I've done to her. Only recently was I made aware of just what I'd done. I was completely clueless back then... I'd like to say "I was young and stupid then", but that seems to be more of a crutch than anything... My behavior was inexcusable. I wish I could undo what was done, but I know it's meaningless at this point. One cared and One cried for me and with me. One stood by me as a true friend would. One was loyal. One was wonderful. And One was ultimately thrown away like so much scrap paper... One deserved far better than how I treated her...and still does.

...you know... Everything I say always feels like a line when it comes to trying to right wrongs I've caused... Probably because it feels like I've said everything I possibly can. It'd be so much easier if I really felt like the Internet was just one big game, like so many other people... But truth be told, neglecting someone who cares about you is just as real online as it is offline. This really seemed to dawn on me over the past year...and yet, I'm still finding more people I've hurt. I don't like crying. I don't like feeling my stomach tighten up uncomfortably. But it's a necessary part of actually FEELING REMORSE for things I've done. Sure... Anyone can tell you they're "crying" or "sick to their stomach" online... I know this. I guess that's why I hesitate to say anything about it when it happens unless I've run out of things to say... I've said a lot of things in the past, but if anything is true now, it's that I cry when I feel I've done wrong... And One? I've done wrong... ...I guess this is why I prefer talking with people I've hurt over the phone... I want them to know that I am truly sorry for once... I want them to hear me pathetically sniffling as I cry with them on the other end of the line. Actually being able to hear that instead of just assuming the person typing is just trying to gain "pity points"...an assumption angry people often make online...

One will always be beautiful. One will always be dear. One will never be forgotten again...no matter what... And...I hope upon hope...One will never be alone... Like I left her...

In my perfect little happy world, she'd read this and know how sorry I am... But I'm not that naive anymore. No one's as pathetically paranoid as I am, so the odds of this apology ever reaching her are pratically zero. Still... It's here. I don't feel any better in writing it...but it is here...

I'm so sorry, One...

...I should sleep now...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23388752/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23388752/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:31:53 PST
Well, she's gone. Off to Orlando with her boyfriend. Off into a world devoid of the Internet. It's for the best for her, really... The Internet provided her with little more than years of emotional trauma and heart-ache. Plus, I believe she has at least one friend there nearby with which she can hang out.
It's the best for her...and it'd probably be the best for me, as well...If I were smart, I'd disappear from the Internet as well. It's done me little good, I can tell you that much. Yes, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" is another saying I feel fits here... My brain knows this. My heart doesn't seem to care.
They do say "hindsight of 20/20"... How true. How true... I cannot count the number of times a sign has been there, right out in the open, but I didn't even acknowledge it... I can name so many names of so many people I've hurt or neglected... How many "missed oppurtunities" have come and gone for me? Too many to count, perhaps... I can name two right now that I wish I'd taken...but it's too late.

They also say "turnabout is fair play". I suppose this neglect and indifference I'm feeling from her is only appropriate given how many times her words fell upon deaf ears when she needed me the most. And so...she leaves. Partings words ringing in my ears, my eyes filling with warm tears... "It's not always about you," she cries.

Farewell, Emmy. It's been real. Perhaps...a little too real...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23300536/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23300536/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:54:55 PST
First up, commission ~PandaJenn if you would. Please? She could really use the cash. She's a great artist and a wonderful lady with infinite patience...

Secondly, I just haven't been in the mood to keep an eye on my deviantART messages lately, so if you really want me to see something you've made in the past couple of weeks, just tell me and I'll go look. I may just keep letting crap pile up otherwise.

Thirdly, for those of you who actually keep an eye on me outside of deviantART, I might be a little hard to get ahold of. I've been feeling largely disassociated from...just about everyone, really. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that my best friend keeps on shrugging me off and disappearing to play EverQuest II -- something I can't play because I don't have it -- with another friend of theirs. I'm positive it has nothing to do with they fact they've been hiding from me because I'm being "Creepy Guy Collins" towards them. Again. So yeah, I really don't know why I feel like being so hard-to-reach. Still, if you absolutely must...toss me a Note or something and we'll go from there.

I guess that's it. Peace.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23209532/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23209532/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:01:50 PST Note: This is modified from a rant I'd previously had in my LiveJournal back when I updated it. If you've seen it already, I apologize.

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I am pissed. Anyone remember when Toon Disney used to be cool? Remember when Toon Disney used to be...well...TOON-FREAKING-DISNEY? Back in 2006 or so, I was at my folks' place in Hyder, Arizona before they moved, doing the usual "flipping through the channels" routine (which involved me flipping back and fourth from Cartoon Network, Toon Disney, Nicktoons Television, and occasionally Boomerang or G4TV) and I noticed something odd with Toon Disney. Apparently, they started airing a bit more Jetix than when I'd watched Toon Disney in 2005 or 2004. This made me shy away from Toon Disney most of the day except during airings of Gargoyles, X-Men, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Digimon: Digital Monsters, or The Tick pretty much anything actiony or funny (or both) that used to be on old Fox Kids or The WB weekends. Well, a while ago, I found out that, Jetix now comprised FOURTEEN TO SEVENTEEN HOURS (depending on the day of the week) OF TOON DISNEY'S PROGRAMMING!!!
What pisses me off FURTHER is the fact that their at-the-time non-Jetix programming? Yeah. Except for The Weekenders, Goof Troop, Recess, and House of Mouse...IT SUCKS ASS. Or no, wait. Most of it is STILL ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL! Essentially, aside from the shows on Jetix and a couple random shows (the aforementioned awesome shows, The Legend of Tarzan, and Shaun the Sheep), the channel is a waste of space and improperly named.

Now back in June, I'd stated the following: "Disney? Just name it "The Jetix Network" or "Jetix US" and be done with it, eh? Jetix isn't anywhere else in the US. Just purge the rest of the Disney shows, call it "The Jetix Network", BRING BACK FREAKING SILVERWING, and call it a day." I think Disney heard me, yet not quite... It seems that nowadays, Toon Disney is no longer "Toon Disney". No, instead of that, it's now called "Disney XD". Toon Disney, as crappy as it was, at least had SOME of my favorite old shows, but as of Feburary 13th (...how coinsidental!), there is no more "Toon Disney". Ever. Anywhere. At all. Now if I want to watch any of my favorite old cartoons, I'll have to pirate them get a buttload of money and go BUY THE BOX SET DVDS! Why? Because, quite simply, Disney XD is "for sk8erz and punkz"; aimed at the current generation of children (from 6 to 14). They have no interest in great old shows like Darkwing Duck and Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers when they can just as easily be amused by The Suite Life of Zack and Cody or Phineas and Ferb? Oh, The Legend of Tarzan is still hanging around (ROFLMAO) as is a few classic programs like Gargoyles and Spider-Man the Animated Series...but it's just not enough to keep someone like me interested... Disney XD? More like...Disney NM. "Disney NO MORE".

...actually, Disney XD is appropriately named. Why? Because I make this face -> XD <- whenever I think of how far Disney has fallen just to impress current generations. We oldbies are still damned profitable. Where the Hell is OUR channel? Where did they go? Boomerang? Toon Disney? Why have you forsaken us...?

Edit: PINKY AND THE BRAIN?!! WHAT...HOW...W...WHY?! Static Shock?! ...hm... O...kay. I might watch those programs...because Static Shock effing rocked, as did Pinky and the Brain... Still...WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE DOING ON TOON DI--DISNEY XD?! Urgh... Damn it, Warner Bros.. Why?

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23041578/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23041578/ Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:05:46 PST
I'm finally taking some time to consider things about myself that I've been...pretty much ignoring for some time. I have a lot of very unhealthy emotional attachments to a lot of people, so I'm going to try and seperate myself from them as best as I can. There are some I'm not...entirely sure about completely disassociating from at this point... You know who you are. This is a life-altering sort of situation... I'm scared and sick to my stomach... I don't want to admit this might be best for me...but it may very well be...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23040920/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/23040920/ Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:31:30 PST
Goodbye.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22703863/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22703863/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:01:31 PST lookie what I found! It's a FEARS meme! Awesome! Let's give it a go, shall we?

(Note: Things in parenthesis are my comments, not part of the meme.)

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Of these seventy-two common fears, I am afraid of...
[X] the dark (Not the dark ITSELF, but what might BE there.)
[X] staying single forever (Terrified, really.)
[_] being a parent
[_] giving birth
[_] being myself in front of others
[_] open spaces
[_] closed spaces
[X] heights (Or rather, falling FROM them)
[_] dogs
[_] birds
[_] fish
[X] spiders (ALL arachnids, really. Except taranchulas, for some reason...)
[_] flowers or other plants
[_] being touched
[_] fire
[_] deep water
[_] snakes
[_] silk
[_] the ocean
[X] failure (Because I may let someone down...)
[X] success (Because then people EXPECT things of me.)
[_] thunder/lightning
[_] frogs/toads
[_] my boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s dad
[_] boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s mom
[_] rats
[X] jumping from high places (Might land funny and hurt myself. Done it before!)
[_] snow
[_] rain
[_] wind
[_] crossing hanging bridges
[_] death
[X] heaven (If Heaven really exists and God really exists, I'm seriously going to have to grovel because I don't believe in "God" or "Heaven", persey. Just that SOMETHING is out there, up there, over there, or around there.)
[_] being robbed
[_] falling
[X] clowns (Though really, they just creep me out more than scare me...)
[_] dolls
[_] large crowds of people
[_] men
[_] women
[X] having great responsibilities
[_] doctors, including dentists
[_] tornadoes
[_] hurricanes
[_] incurable diseases
[_] sharks
[_] Friday the 13th
[_] ghosts
[_] poverty
[_] Halloween
[_] school
[_] trains
[_] odd numbers
[_] even numbers
[X] being alone
[X] becoming blind
[X] becoming deaf (I CAN'T lose my sight or hearing! I NEED those senses to be happy!)
[_] growing up
[X] creepy noises in the night (Or more what's MAKING the noises...)
[_] bee stings
[_] not accomplishing my dreams/goals
[_] needles
[_] blood
[_] dinosaurs
[_] the welcome mat (...heh, what? XD)
[_] high speed
[_] throwing up
[X] falling in love (or more falling OUT of love. Again.)
[X] super secrets (Because I hate it when people keep things from me... My paranoia generally has me believe that the secrets are about ME, see...)
Total: 15

If you get more than 30, it's strongly recommend you seek some counseling.
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 10-20, you are normal.
If you get 10 or less, you’re virtually fearless.
People who don’t have any are liars.

If you wish to post this in your journal, it’s been requested that you title it “I’m afraid of __ out of 72 common fears”.

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All that said and done, I'd also like to add that people over the weight of 550 lbs. scare and revolt me all at once. I just plain cannot look at them without looking away immediately... Yeck...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22662574/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22662574/ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:25:55 PST hypothetic-realist. Pft... As if she's REALLY a "crappy artist"... Talk about delusions of inadequacy!
Anyway, given that most of my MASSIVELY MASSIVE music library was burned in a fire -- er, I mean lost in a formatting accident, some of these answers are going to be really freaking weird. Especially since I mostly have Ragnarok Online and "'Weird Al' Yankovic" music. And also a buttload of Rockman.

1. Open your music library.
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.
7. ???
8. PROFIT!

Songs
Opening Credits: Ragnarok Online - "Risk Your Life"
Waking Up: Rockman 8 - "The Wily Capsule Appears"
First Day At School: Ghost K - "'Stop' (Blue Mix) (Featuring Hymn (Hatcollector)"
Falling In love: 20th Anniversary Rockman 1~6 Techno Arrange Version - "Stage Select Mix Medley"
Fight Song: The Precursors (Riku Nuottajärvi) - "Talking Pet - Didn't You Mean to Ask About Flowers?"
Breaking Up: Ragnarok Online - "Streamside"
Prom: Spiral - "Hymn To Aurora [Horace Wimp in a box Remix]"
Mental Breakdown: "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Airline Amy" (...WtF.)
Driving: Sonic Adventure 2 - "Live and Learn (Title Screen Edit)"
Flashback: Ragnarok Online - "One Fine Day"
Getting Back Together: The Precursors (Casey Monroe) - "Utwig - The Ultron"
Wedding: Ragnarok Online - "Uncanny Lake"
Birth of Child: Ragnarok Online - "Forbidden Anguish" (...WtF again.)
Final Battle: Ragnarok Online - "Divine Grace" (...)
Death Scene: The Precursors (Jouni Airaksinen) - "Utwig Ditty v2 (UQM Remix)"
Funeral Song: The Precursors (Espen Gätzschmann & T. A. Fjellstad) - "Ultra-Gross! (VUX Theme)"
End Credits: Ragnarok Online - "Come On My Deer!!"

...well. This was cataclysmic fail. X_x;

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22372703/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22372703/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:42:05 PST
I pursue that which I simply cannot have. ...no... I'm just not worth loving...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22372597/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22372597/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:36:31 PST
That said, this entry comes to a close. Expect another to follow shortly.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22311712/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/22311712/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:00:57 PST
Everyone goes away, in the end...

Dunno why you spontaniously dropped me like a rock, but whatever... Goodbye then, Mel... Thanks for making my last day of 2008 one of the worst. I'll try and get my website somewhere else, I guess...

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/21771662/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/21771662/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:45:41 PST
]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/17126075/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/17126075/ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:35:23 PST Going by the original timeline, Leon Belmont had his own powers and whatnot, but was given the Vampire Killer by some old man.
Sonia Belmont was able to channel her energy into an estrogen-filled rage that made her impervious to everything and anything that would harm her aside from pitfalls. She was also able to use certain items of choice and channel magic through them to use various spells. She could upgrade her Vampire Killer whip with an extension and then the ability to throw fireballs, and of course, she started the trend of being able to manifest useful items and artifacts from things that generate light. I'm not sure why or how this came to be, but I do know it came to be and continued to occur with each generation after the next.
Trevor (or Ralph) was initially able to heal his allies from the brink of doom or other types of debilitating ailments. (The "zombification" of Grant DeNasty and the petrification of his future wife Sypha Belnades, specifically. Alucard -- his father, according to the original timeline -- was just testing his abilities and ended up helping him in his goals, which were not unlike his own.) Later, Trevor also gained the ability to tear around a room like a psycho, apparently.
Christopher and Solieyu Belmont were a pair of vampire hunters who has powers similar to Sonia's, but their secondary weapons were of the slightly more common variety and neither could go into "Burning Mode". Pretty boring stuff. Still, they could throw fireballs from their whips.
Simon Belmont initially seemed to have no unique powers (for a Belmont) but once the curse of Dracula plauged his soul and body, the Belmont genes kicked in. With the assistance of certain mysterious figures, he was able to surpass the previous highest level of power transferred from Belmont to Vampire Killer whip. He was able to change his leather Vampire Killer a total of five times! Short leather, long leather, chain, chain-with-morning star on the end, and finally the massively-powerful flame whip. The holy flames of justice made quick work of Dracula and his minions and that was the last we heard of Simon.
Juste's claim to fame was magic powers combined with the relic weapons of his heritage. He could also use attachable relics on his whip, but that's about it.
Richter, on the other hand, is often considered one of the most, if not the single-most powerful vampire hunter in the history of Castlevania. In his initial pursuit of justice, he could use all the normal powers of his bloodline, but his unique ability was the "Item Crash," an ability which amplified the power of any given secondary weapon, usually giving him temporary powers or a powerful, all-out attack of some kind. Without a weapon, he could also channel his energy into the Vampire Killer and ignite it for one huge strike, causing massive damage in a line. His second appearence a few years later would give him three new abilities. He could preform a powerful shoulder-tackle, a quick slide-kick, and a high uppercut attack. His spirit also survived in the Vampire Killer itself and even gained a new move -- a sweep kick -- when summoned by his ancestor some time later. Lastly, he's one of few vampire hunters that never had to upgrade his whip, as it was already fully-upgraded as soon as it was in his hands. Either that, or he never used the original Vampire Killer, but instead a chain whip of equal power.
Victor Belmont's powers are largely unknown, but it can be assumed he had similar powers to Sonia, given his connection to her in the cancelled game, Castlevania: Resurrection
Finally, Julius Belmont had some huge powers of his own. His powers were a bit like Richter's before the peak of his power, though he could only use one "item crash" (in which he'd summon a huge cross of fire and essentially destroy the area.) He could also slide across the ground and teleport-dash around, effectively shielding himself from damage as he did.

Now, there are three more people of Belmont heritage worth mentioning. First of all, there's Reinhardt was a lot like Simon Belmont during his first venture into Castlevania. All he had was the Vampire Killer whip, his secondary weapons, and a blessed short sword. The next person to come up is John "Johnny" Morris, who had some unique abilities of his own. He only had access to four secondary items, but he could use powered-up versions of the weapons not unlike Richter's "item crash," though less powerful. He could also upgrade the Vampire Killer a third time, not into flame but into a kind of plasma or energy whip as well as using a much more powerful secondary weapon which was a kind of "energy snake". Both were pretty powerful. His son, Johnathan Morris, co... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/16428617/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/16428617/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:06:21 PDT WARNING: I AM GOING TO NAME SPECIFIC NAMES IN THIS ENTRY. IF EVEN ONE PERSON COMPLAINS, THIS ENTRY WILL BE REMOVED. I'M NOT DOING THIS TO CAUSE TROUBLE. I'M DOING THIS FOR PERSONAL REASONS. DEAL WITH IT. IF I MISSED YOUR NAME, I PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER YOU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

- Elizabeth, I'm sorry for jerking you around for as long as I did and I'm sorry my patience for your ailment didn't hold out. I'm sorry I tried to hit on your sister. I'm sorry I didn't give you the attention you deserved. I'm sorry I tried to do things with you that you didn't want to do. I'm sorry I essentially left you for dead, even though it made you a much stronger person. I'm sorry I don't see the entire forest but instead the lone tree. I'm sorry I neglected you when you needed me most. I sincerely hope you're a much better person and happy with your boyfriend now'a days...
- Becky, I'm sorry I didn't talk to you much unless I wanted something. There's no excuse for that. I'm also sorry I made you think I was having mental issues. Again, there was no excuse for that. I hope you and Cliff are doing alright.
- Rina, I'm sorry I made you look down at me by behaving both like an idiot and a typical horny male. I'm also sorry for my horrible fanfiction sprite comic nonsense.
- Rose, I'm sorry I made you look down at me by behaving both like an idiot and a typical horny male.
- Kaiya, I'm sorry I can't get over you... You made a significant impact on my life that will always be there whether you realize it or not. I'm sorry I didn't realize I had real feeling for you until you were gone. I'm sorry I upset your girlfriend by being with you. I'm sorry I upset your girlfriend, and you, by trying to get her involved.
- Cherry, I'm sorry I inadvertently "borrowed" your girlfriend for the greater part of two years...and tried to continue to do so even after you came into the picture. I'm sorry I tried to hit on you and get you involved as well...
- Doug's ex-girlfriend, I'm sorry I hit on you. I know you got involved in the roleplay and all, but I'm still sorry I hit on you, especially if it upset you in any way. I'm also sorry my character mislead Mint like he did...
- Carrie, I'm sorry I hurt you after making you think I was actually a fairly decent guy who was in to Cowboy BeBop. I let hormones get in the way of what could've been a pretty decent friendship.
- Daniella, I'm sorry that for the greater part of eight years, I tried (and occasionally succeeded) to destroy any and all relationships and some friendships you engaged in. I'm sorry I tried to destroy you in my jealous, anger, and frustration. I'm sorry I used Clarice to do a lot of this, though her feelings for Kayla were similar. I'm sorry I still occasionally cause you discomfort. I'm sorry that I can't get over you.
- Rebecca, I'm sorry I used you like I did. I don't know if you're still upset with me, but I really am sorry and wish I could've made things better between us... I still have that ring you had made for us...
- Bryon, I'm sorry. I'm not altogether sure what for, but whatever your reason for not wanting to give me a third chance, be it paranoia or something I actually did, I'm sorry.
- Tara, I'm sorry I freaked you out when I was trying to get to know you. I'm sure you're tired of hearing this excuse, but I acted like a horny teenager when I SHOULD have been trying to be your friend... Glad you're doing alright.
- Jane, I'm sorry I used you like I did. I'm just glad we made up during and after... You're a wonderful friend and I miss you...
- Jodi, I'm sorry I scared you with my idiotic ideas and attraction to your character whom I didn't know was taken at the time.
- Jim, I'm sorry I scared Jodi and probably made you a little uncomfortable as well.
- Melissa, I'm sorry for my occasional outbursts of jealousy. I'm glad you found happiness and hope I'm invited to the wedding.
- Kristy, whatever I did, I can't apologize enough. It took me a while to realize that I was part of those "bad memories" you were running away from...and probably still am. I'm sorry I didn't talk to you as a friend as much as I talked to you as and treated as an object, as I've done with several others. I miss you...
- Jessica, I'm pretty sure you don't care at this point, but I'm sorry I pissed you off by bugging your girlfriend. I know I barely kept in contact with her at the time we were friends, but she really did mean a lot to me as a friend. I tend to realize these things several months too late...
- Angela, I'm sorry I tried to pressure you into things you didn't want to do. I deserved to lose your friendship for that.
- Felix, I'm sorry I destroyed your girlfriend. I'm a... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/15205468/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/15205468/ Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:16:21 PDT
[b]Edit[/b]: Bad spelling will not be tolerated, either. "Cowardess"... Sheesh.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/14895098/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/14895098/ Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:29:31 PDT
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Shadow Moses Island

I think that second and third movie clip there pretty much says it all. And if not, then this one should give you a good idea of why I love Konami.

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/14421643/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/14421643/ Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:00:55 PDT Battlefield 2?  I'm pretty damned sure it's not September 1st, 2007, people.  I mean, Jesus Christ...  Was August really that bad?

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13704243/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13704243/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:39:08 PDT Essence of Ragnarok, Volume II
Known Species
There are a great deal of different types of people in this world... Far more than in any worlds we know, in fact. These are just some of the more prominent ones.

Humans
As with most worlds in the known omniverse, there are a number of these pink-skinned things we knows as humans. Bipedal (that means they walk on two legs) and fairly average-looking, these are the most boring of beings on Ragnarok. The only major difference between any two given humans are hair, eye, and skin colors, though of course, more minor details change from human to human, such as wrinkles, age, height, weight... No two humans are truly the same, though from a distance, they do tend to blend together. In uncommon cases, however, Humans may be born with wings on their backs. Science can't explain what causes this, particularly in the case of human families with no previous history of having wings, but religious-types suspect it's has something to do with Otherworldly Beings...

Ferals
Also known as "animals" (in a slightly more respectful manner than the same word used towards Hybrids), Ferals are generally what most people consider "unevolved" version of Hybrids. As with our world, there are countless different types of Ferals on the planet. Furred, scaly, feathered, uncovered... Bipedal, quadrupedal (walking on four legs)... Tails, no tails... Flying, grounded, swimming... Nocturnal, diurnal (active during the day)... The list goes on! Most Ferals have one thing in common, however, in that they all act on basic survival instincts. It's not to say that they're all "unintelligent"...but most would say that most Ferals aren't "as intelligent" as any given Human or Hybrid. (Though in rare cases, some Ferals have developed being-like behaviors, such as walking on their hind legs, reacting to certain Commonspeak phrases, or in some cases, even speaking Commonspeak themselves!) Like in our world, though, some Ferals are cultivated and used for food, crafting materials, or in certain cases, for sport.

Hybrids
A more interesting variation on Humans, Hybrids are simply bipedal beings with features of any of the millions of types of animals you may see in Ragnarok, be it bird, goat, snake, or anything in between. We'd call them "anthropomorphic animals," but in Ragnarok, they're as common as any given Human or Feral. Science has discovered that Hybrids aren't a genetic mutation of either, strangely enough, but evolved alongside them over time, indeed helping Hybrids as the Hybrids helped them. A strange quirk about Hybrids, however, is though their basic physiology is roughly the same as Humans, they are genetically incompatible and thus incapable of reproducing through normal means. (But try telling that to some of the mixed couples on the planet who want to start a family...) However, all Hybrids seem compatible with one another, though in cases where the genetic make up greatly differs (such as with a salamander and a bat), creating children may be far more difficult... Furthermore, all Hybrid children are kind of a mixed bag of features, usually leaning towards one parent or the other for specifications, though sometimes (roughly 50% of the time), they may have features of both. Thirdly, all Hybrid females, once successfully fertilized by a male, will go through a period of time much the same as a Human's birth cycle. (Science can't find an appropriate answer as to why a Feral chicken lays eggs while a Hybrid chicken carries a birthing child in their womb, curiously enough...)

Beings
An all-encompassing term for Humans and Hybrids. Some movements have protested that Ferals be included in this terminology, but it has yet to successfully pass.
- Superpowered Beings
It's been noted that some Beings have rather unique gifts or other awesome abilities to them right from the get-go...powers which seem like "magic," or powers such as flight without propulsion or wings. Almost always weak powers from the beginning, if treated right and trained specifically, these powers can become much more potent, and in some cases, downright dangerous. Science, despite their best efforts, have yet to figure out what causes these powers, though they seem far more common in families with a history of powers. Lastly, not all powers are useful in all situations. Some people can simply shift their gender, for example, or some people might be able to compress their bodies (though generally not heads) far better than most Beings. Some "powers" may even simply be natural talents honed to perfection, though it's often tough to make that distinction. (Though, it is fairly easy to tell the difference between someone being able to shoot lasers out of their eyes vs. someone who can hold their breath for five minutes.)

Lycanthropes
Also know as "w... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13465224/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13465224/ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:44:06 PDT Essence of Ragnarok, Volume I
Time Periods and Storylines

Before Ragnarok (Long before history was recorded.)
A story I'll probably never get into details over... Essentially, it's the whole mess about "worlds were created and then beings". Somewhere along the line, Hybrids -- humans with animal-like traits and/or skills -- were created. By who or what, nobody knows. As far back as anyone can remember, and even further than that, Ragnarok has always had both humans and Hybrids. Some time later, the humans started to receed, making Hybrids the dominant species on the planet. And so it remains until far into the future...

The World of Ragnarok Storylines (Spans roughly from 2030 to 21??)
- Cruel Genetics (2030 - 2042)
Joseph Theodore Lithius. Born into a world he was never meant to see, then flung into another should never have experienced...
- A New Beginning (2042 - 2046)
Life starts anew for Joseph as he finds himself in the care of foster parents. Can he manage to fit in with the rest of the world despite his bizarre fur color and genetic mix?
- A Tale of Two Foxes (2046 - 2060)
The third "chapter" in Joseph's life. Trials and tribulations... High School... That sort of thing. Later on, he meets another fox by the name of "Kristian Renee Sanders" and later still, they end up together until the end of the storyline. I'm not sure what else I can say about this storyline without giving away fairly major spoilers...
- Another Tale of Two Foxes (2060 - 20??)
I haven't put much thought into the storyline after the last one. All I know and can say is it involves Kris and certain others much more extensively.

- The KMC Crew (2044 - 2048)
An old plotline...even older than the ones with Joseph, in fact. In this plotline, Carlos Quinten Magnus and friends experience various events in their lives that change a lot of things for each of them.
- Hail from the Past (2048 - 2050)
Carlos finding a broken android laying on his doorstep... Can a man love an android? Can an android love a man? Only time will tell...
- The Heart Powers Down (2050 - 2053)
Something begins to happen to Carlos' android love... Something seemingly irrepairable. What's a wolf to do when the woman he loves falls into a coma?
- Recovery (2053 - ????)
Wait for a cure, of course.

- A Shadowcat's Tale (2049 - 2053)
Clarice Amadeus Harkins... Nerdy... Bookwormy... In college... ...in love? Perhaps... But will the person she loves return the admiration?

Another Ragnarok (2030 - 2???)
Essentially, an alternate timeline in which the more extravagant happens. It's a little like Dragon Ball Z in this timeline, except none of the heroes can normally fly around or throw projectiles. They're more combat-ready, though. Variations of things in this timeline may or may not happen in the main timeline... I haven't decided yet...
- Essence of Power (2048 - 2048)
The "Essence of Power World Fighting Tournament" is coming to the continent of Aubec... Those within the Tower of Masamune seek to prove themselves and have a good time doing so. However, there's much more to this tournament than meets the eye... What reasons would an eccentric billionaire organization no one's ever heard of have to fund a world tournament? Just who are these "Essence of Power" guys anyway? Find out next time on Dragon Ba--er...
- Essence of Darkness (2048 - 2049)
No luck in love has left young Joseph frustrated with she who continues to reject him... More and more, he feels his sanity slipping, and more and more, continues to lose his friends... Throughout all this, his closest friend, Kristian, remains by his side...but for how long?
- Essence of Light (2049 - 2050)
Darkness dawning... Joseph has lost his will to fight off the darkness haunting him for the past year and is now aiming to kill everyone he once loved as well as anyone who stands in his way...and he has the power to do it! But who's this figure bathed in holy light? And does she have the power to stop a menacing darkness such as a Joseph scorned?
- Essence of Aftermath (2051 - 2051)
The loss of allies was hard for some to take, but for a year after the events of the darkness dawning, things were peaceful... Now peace, as they say, doesn't last forever. Shades of darkness spring to life at night, tormenting those close to the inhabitants of the Tower of Masamune... Familiar shades... Almost as if the fallen allies of the past have turned to darkness... But that can't be... ...can it?
- Essence of Cataclysm (2051 - 2052)
The shades were all a distraction formed by Essence of Power organization! The heroes of Masamune once again seek to s... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13459362/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13459362/ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:03:04 PDT MalamiteLtd. 'cause lately, I've been taking a rather strong interest in his work. ...and characters. ...>_> <_<;; )

1. Choose a few of your own characters. Five at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions
3. Then tag three people.

I'm not going to tag anyone, nor was I "tagged" myself, but I'm still gonna give this a go 'cause as I said... I've been into Malamite's stuff lately. Plus...it looked like fun!
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Characters
Joseph Theodore Lithius - Several storyline. Essentially an hyena-fox version of myself.
Clarice Amadeus Harkins - "A Shadowcat's Tale" storyline version. (As opposed to the Furcadia version.) A kitty-vixen girl with big plans but no direction.
Carlos Quinten Magnus - "Hail from the Past" storyline. The second-oldest of my characters. A black wolf with yellow and red eyes.
Jake L. Summons - "The Crystal of Ix" storyline. My oldest character. (Both storywise and for as long as I've had him.) Strangely enough, his storylines are the newest. He's also a human. (Believe it or not.)
Kristian Renee Sanders - Various storylines. A vixen-cat hybrid who looks entirely like a vixen.
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1) How Old Are You?
Joseph: Somewhere around 23 years old, if I recall correctly.
Clarice: 21 years old, give or take.
Carlos: 25.
Jake: 32.
Kris: I am 24 years old.

2)Height?
Joseph: 5' 8", I think... It's been a while since I've checked.
Clarice: 5' 7" tall.
Carlos: 6' 0".
Jake: Uh... 5' 9"?
Kris: I am 5' 9" in height.

3)You Got Any Bad Habits??
Joseph: *looks to one side* ...I chew on my claws. And continue chewin' on the clippings. *laughs* I also smoke catnip. I don't know if it's particularly unhealthy or anything seeing as I haven't been to a doctor in who knows how long, but smokin' in general is a bad habit, so...
Clarice: I like to mess with my friends from time to time... It's pretty harmless, though!
Carlos: Yes. Why do you ask?
Jake: Not that I know of.
Kris: This is not particularly a "bad habit," but I am rather knitpicky about certain things such as if my bed is untidy or messy foods. I do not like messes...

4)You a virgin?
Joseph: *snrk* Er... No.
Clarice: *blushes and snorts* Yes! I-I mean no! ... Whatever's right! *indignantly huffs* None'a your business, pal!!
Carlos: What kind of question is that? That's really none of your business, now is it?
Jake: Considering I have a biological son? One would think not!
Kris: No. Why do you ask?

5)Who's your Mate/Spouse?
Joseph: *rubs his upper lip and grins* See that pretty vixen sitting across the way there? Heh, she's my "mate". We ain't married or anything, but we've been pretty rock-solid for a while now!
Clarice: I don't have one... ...yet... (And I say this with all enthusiasm! 'cause there's this someone...)
Carlos: My mate/spouse is none of your concern.
Jake: Crystal...is unfortunately quite dead. *frowns* She's still my spouse. She always will be. No one'll ever take her place. *smiles*
Kris: *tilts her head at Joseph's remark and smiles* Joseph is my "mate".

6)Have Any Kids?
Joseph: *narrows one eye* No. Never. ... Maybe we'll adopt... I dunno. I... Nn... *rubs the back of his head* I can't have children... Long story I don't wanna get into right now.
Clarice: I've never -- er, I mean to say... ...no! Heh... *stupidly grins and rubs the back of her head*
Carlos: No.
Jake: J. D.'s mine and Crystal's son, but that's the only one we had.
Kris: As Joseph has stated, we do not have a child of our own.

7)Favorite Food?
Joseph: Oh! Oh! There's this place?? Down the road from my house! It's a "fast food" place, but mmmmm! It has the best fast-food tacos ever!
Clarice: *tilts her head* Hm... I like grapes... That's...what you were looking for, right? 'cause "grapes" are a food!
Carlos: *doesn't answer for a moment* ... Cheeseburgers.
Jake: Cheesebur-- ...you, too? Small multiverse!
Kris: I do not know if I can single out one particular food item I enjoy above all others... May I return to this question after I have some time to think of a responce?

8)Fa... ]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13415055/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/13415055/ Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:30:13 PDT **WARNING** This is a very depressive, emotional entry. Read and comment at your own risk. **WARNING**

About two weeks ago, it came to my attention that not one person who'd friended me on LiveJournal had really commented in this journal. Ever. Well, 'cept for one person. In any case, bearing this in mind, I decided to announce that I'd planned on nuking my journal a week from last Saturday. Three days passed and not a person commented. Day four comes and I decide to kill all the entries in the journal. I put up a notice that the journal was now empty. Three days pass and again, no one says anything...so I delete that entry as well. My LiveJournal is barren right now and it shall remain that way.
What's the point of me saying this? Simply put, I am tired of being lonely. And that's all I've been for the past couple of months... Despite the fact I'm about 200% mentally better than I used to be, 100% nicer, and about 12%-13% less mopey and "emo" (it was higher... >_>, it seems that in my time away from myself (don't ask), everyone simply went away...or ended up in their own little "cliques" and "groups"... Some people even found themselves a "significant other"... Of the few people I still know and care for, none of them seem to have any time for me whatsoever. Even old friends I once again became reacquainted with...sincerely apologized to for wronging (once again, don't ask)...seem not to have time to say "Hello" to me. And I don't understand... What do I have to do to get some freakin' attention? I've tried being an absolute prat... I've tried being the best I've ever been... Neither seem to work. At all. And this greatly upsets me. I mean, if someone doesn't want to be around me...I wish they'd tell me why... I hate not knowing I'm disliked or hated by someone... And because it's happened so many times before, that's all I have left to assume is happening. But I can't even talk to the person or people involved to find out... ...because they're ever around...
I recall a time I had so many friends, sometimes I'd have to put up an Away message on AIM just to get a moment's peace. Now? I'm damned lucky if anyone is even online, much less stop by and wave in my direction. I know they say people change and time changes people... ...but that doesn't make it at all easy to cope with. And really, this is the first time I've ever had to deal with so much change at once. For the first time in my life, I'm actually aware of these things... For the first time in my life, I'm not just trying to gain attention from anyone for no good reason... For the first time in my life...I'm actually alone...all by myself...with no one there to say "hey"... No one there to hug me when I feel down... No one there to reassure me that I have a place in this world... Nothing. No one. ...what good is a clear consciousness and absolute focus when you have no one to share it with? Even when I'm not being horrible, I seem to lose those close to me.

...how is that fair?

]]> ~JosephCollins http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/9785393/ http://JosephCollins.deviantart.com/journal/9785393/ Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:28:30 PDT Crossposted from my Live Journal.

Ya know...it's really sad when people get so obsessed over one particular artist. And I don't mean that in a "naming names" sort of way. I mean over any given artist at all. But getting back to the point, obsession is a really asinine thing that leads to some really stupid actions. Lemme give you an example.
Let's take any sort of recluse artist who just sits back and draws without saying much or talking to anyone. He's a recluse, but he really does draw some nice artwork. Ya with me so far? Now, this guy(yes, I say "guy" because it seems like most artists that fit this arch-type are guys) has always gotten nothing but positive comments. Why? Maybe he's just that good...or maybe people are positively blind to the fact that even he can make goofs in his art. In any case, this guy posts something that just simply doesn't look good at all, considering what people've been used to seeing. Warm, positive comments all over the place, despite the art being an atrocity in comparison to his other work.(And no, it's not because of a new style or anything logical like that.)
So then someone comes along and leaves a calm-but-negative comment on the art, stating exactly what I said; the art isn't up to quality.

Armageddon for that poor soul as legions of rabid fans poor down upon them for saying even a tiny bit of badness against their favorite artist! But it doesn't stop there, no... The artist himself gets mortally offended...and leaves the art community behind. All over one little negative comment. And when the person who commented decides to show the artist's fans what happened -- that the artist(along with others) attacked him when his comment wasn't even malicious -- well... Let's just say that the person who commented is better off dead thanks to rabid fandom.

In the end, the person who commented steps into the shadows and shuts up, the artist moves to a new community, and the artist also gains a plethora of new fans in the process, all that's to a little thing I like to call "emo-kid drama".

These types of artists, and every single one of their fans, need to be shot in the head. I hope to god I never get fans like this. I like hearing negative feedback and try improving from it! Yes, I'll admit I get my feelings hurt if the negative comments are in paragraph format, and especially if they're all true...but that's how it goes sometimes. I also don't want anyone to try and defend me from negative input. As I said, I like it. It helps remind me that I'm not the "best artist in the universe" or "God's gift to the world," unlike what some of these artists out here think. I can defend myself besides. But anyway, if I ever get any "blindly worshiping fans" like that, I will make sure to be negative towards them so they'll knock it off. In some cases, that might end up making the attraction stronger, I will admit, but eh...

So in summation...blind worship is a bad, bad thing that ruins artists and their fans all in one.

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